The Department of Energy has granted $25 million for solar energy research to the University of California Berkeley and Stanford University. Specifically the funds are aimed at research that will lower the cost of solar as quickly as possible. The money will launch the Bay Area Photovoltaics Consortium (BAPVC) whose goal is to reduce the per watt of installation cost from its current $3.40 per watt to $1 per watt. [Read more - UC Berkeley News Center]
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